Information for record number MWA8540:
Chadshunt (18th century park)

Summary A well preserved example of a Post Medieval landscape park which was created around 1714. The surviving features include a patte d'oie, a formal canal flanked by trees, a raised summerhouse and avenues converging on the house. It is located at Chadshunt.
What Is It?  
Type: Landscape Park, Patte D'Oie
Period: Post-medieval - Industrial (1540 AD - 1900 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Chadshunt
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 34 53
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 Remnants of early 18th century landscape park made by John Newsham c1714. Surviving features include patte d'oie, formal arrangements of trees and ponds, formal canal, forecourt, raised summerhouse and avenues. The Grade II Listed house was rebuilt in the mid 19th century.
2 John Newsham altered and improved the Chadshunt grounds c1714, creating a formal forecourt with wrought iron gates, a canal flanked by rows of trees and avenues converging on the house. Associated structures included a summerhouse and a cold bath. The Chadshunt estate was acquired by the Knight family (of Barrells Park) in the late 18th century but though the house was rebuilt in the mid 19th century the landscape was little altered. It remains an unusually well preserved example of an early 18th century estate landscape, comparable with Charlecote, Compton Verney and Chesterton (possibly all by the same designer). Recommended for inclusion as key site on the Local List with possible eventual inclusion on the Parks and Gardens Register (p91-3).
3 Formal arrangements of tree-lines depicted.
4 The grounds are shown shaded on the OS 1:10560 1906 Sht Warks 45SE.
5 Shown on Greenwood's map of 1822.
6 The remains of an early eighteenth century landscape park are visible are visible on aerial photographs as extant features at Chadshunt. This area was surveyed from aerial photographs as part of the SE Warwickshire and Cotswolds HLS NMP project. Tree avenues, a ha ha and a formal canal are all visible on vertical aerial photographs of 1947 and 2007.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Data Tables (Stratford on Avon)
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Report & Recommendations
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Source No: 6
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: SE Warwickshire and Cotswolds NMP Project
Author/originator: Josephine Janik
Date: 2010-2012
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Map
Title: 45SE 1:10560 1886
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Volume/Sheet: 45SE
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Map
Title: 45SE 1:10560 1906
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1906
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Volume/Sheet: 45SE
   
Source No: 5
Source Type: Map
Title: Greenwood's Map of the County of Warwick 1822
Author/originator: Greenwood C & J
Date: 1822
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Images:  
A view of the gardens surrounding Chadshunt Hall
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1920s
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technique Vertical aerial photograph Vertical aerial photographs are taken from immediately overhead using a camera fixed to the underside of an aeroplane. The camera points directly downwards at 90 degrees to the ground. Vertical photographs are particularly useful for identifying sites that survive as cropmarks. See also oblique aerial photographs. back
technique Aerial Photograph Aerial photographs are taken during an aerial survey, which involves looking at the ground from above. It is usually easier to see cropmarks and earthworks when they are viewed from above. Aerial photographs help archaeologists to record what they see and to identify new sites. There are two kinds of aerial photographs; oblique and vertical. back
period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument CANAL * An artificial navigable waterway used for the transportation of goods. Nowadays also used for recreational purposes. back
monument PARK * An enclosed piece of land, generally large in area, used for hunting, the cultivation of trees, for grazing sheep and cattle or visual enjoyment. Use more specific type where known. back
monument FEATURE * Areas of indeterminate function. back
monument POND * A body of still water often artificially formed for a specific purpose. Use specifc type where known. back
monument FORECOURT * The court or enclosed space at the front of a building or structure. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument TREE AVENUE * A straight road lined with trees along either side, also straight lines of trees found in parkland usually leading to a landscape feature. back
monument SUMMERHOUSE * A building in a garden or park designed to provide a shady retreat from the heat of the sun. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument LANDSCAPE PARK * Grounds, usually associated with a country house, laid out so as to produce the effect of natural scenery back
monument STRUCTURE * A construction of unknown function, either extant or implied by archaeological evidence. If known, use more specific type. back
monument HA HA * A dry ditch or sunken fence which divided the formal garden from the landscaped park without interrupting the view. back
monument ROW * A row of buildings built during different periods, as opposed to a TERRACE. back
monument GATE * A movable stucture which enables or prevents entrance to be gained. Usually situated in a wall or similar barrier and supported by gate posts. back
monument PATTE D'OIE * A garden featrue where several allees radiate from a single point (usually the house). French for 'Goose Foot' back

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